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Dr. W. Marcet on the Nutrition of 



Table showing the Constituents of Muscular Tissue in 200grms. 



Class No. 1. 

 Composition of the material forming the mature and insoluble 



Tissue. 





1. 



II. 



III. 



IV. 



Mean. 



In 

 200 grms. 

 ox-flesh. 



In 200 



grms. 



ox-flesh. 



Propor- 

 tion 



H.^'- 



In 200 



grms. 



ox-flesh. 



Propor- 

 tion. 



In 200 



grms. 

 ox-flesh. 



Propor- 

 tion. 



Albuminous 1 

 material J 



3116 



100 



27-216100 



26-6 



100 



27-3 



100 



28070 



Phosphoric 1 



acid / 



Potash 



Magnesia . . 



0189 



0-606 



0239 



0-88 



0-3 



113 



0-276 



1-01 



0-251 



0054 



0-173 



0017 



0-06 



0-244 

 0423 



094 

 1-6 



003 

 0-509 



on 



1-86 



0-086 



Class No. 2. 

 Composition of the material destined to become Flesh, entirely 



Colloid. 



Albuminous 1 

 material / 



6-62 



100 



1 

 5-67 



100 



5-265 



100 



5-428 



100 



5-745 



Phosphoric \ 



acid J 



Potash 



Magnesia ... 



0-04 



0-604 



0-050 



0-882 



0-060 



113 



0-055 



1-01 



0-050 



0011 



0-166 



0003 



0-053 



0-048 

 0-009 



0-91 

 1-7 



0006 

 0-049 



oil 



0-18 



0017 



Class No. 3. 

 Composition of the effete material on its way out of Flesh, entirely 



Crystalloid. 



Albuminous " 

 material 



Phosphoric 

 acid 



Potash 



Maguesia ... 



3-64 



100 



3-622 



100 



3-622 



100 



3-913 



100 



3-70 



0-595 



16-34 



0-62 



17-12 



0-518 



14-3 



0-521 



13-31 



0-563 



0-762 



20-93 



0-803 

 



22-17 



0-723 

 0-025 



19-96 

 0-69 



0759 

 0-0955 



19-69 

 2-44 



0-764 



Found. 



Phosphoric acid . 43-8 43-7 41-7 40-4 

 Potash . . . 56-2 56-3 58-3 59-6 



In 100 

 Mean 2K0P0^ 

 found. Theory. 

 42-4 43-0 

 57-6 57-0 



I shall now beg to offer a few remarks on the mature fibrous 

 and insoluble material, and on the effete crystalloid constituents 

 of flesh. 



I. The insoluble fibrous material. 



It is this part of muscular tissue which may be considered as 

 giving muscles their tenacity and contracting power. It is 



